This time next Monday

I will be back at school. We will not be doing any real work, just sitting through In-Service. On the first day the principals all take turns going over stuff that we need to know to get by this year. I do look forward to catching up with the other teachers. We do not see each other at all over the summer. Maybe it is because I live in another town. Maybe we just like to separate our school lives from out summer lives.

Today, though, I am riding my bike and calling the bike repair shop about the replacement wheel. Then I have Kids' Aikido Class.

My last weekend of summer will be a trip to Colorado. It is an aikido weapons seminar and campout. Our national chief instructor will be there and it is always a fun time. Camping near Ft. Collins at 9000 feet should be just the thing to beat the August heat.

The plumber is here

You know that thing that happens while we are busy making other plans? Yeah, life.

Right now there is a plumber in my kitchen snaking the devil out of the pipes underneath. Both my sink AND my next-door neighbor's sink are clogged. He said one of us must have misused the garbage disposal, but how could we have wedged a full-sized demon down in the pipes? At any rate, that's what is going on now while I would prefer to be biking or buying camping food.

What is some good camping food that I can cook in my little saucepan and skillet?